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What is the healthiest way to eat in summer?
Unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity are major global health risks. With the improvement of material resources, many people are paying attention to health issues. How can we combine health preservation with dietary therapy? What should we pay attention to when eating in summer? Please find answers to these questions in the article.
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What is the healthiest way to eat in summer?
The scorching summer is unbearable. Cold drinks and ice cream are indispensable, but drinking them casually can also easily harm the body. Eat ice cream in moderation each time, and do not eat more than 2 ice creams or popsicles in a row at once; It is advisable to drink about 150 milliliters of cold ingredients each time, and bottled beverages should not exceed half a bottle at a time. When sweating a lot, do not immediately drink cold drinks. Drinking cold drinks can stimulate the oral mucosa, causing muscle and blood vessel contractions in the head and face, triggering cerebral artery spasms, ultimately leading to headaches, and even accumulation of residual heat, which can easily cause heatstroke. Similarly, it is not advisable to drink cold drinks after exercise, and it is recommended to drink drinks with a salty taste. Do not drink plain water alone when sweating heavily to prevent hyponatremia.
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What is the healthiest way to eat in summer?
The intake and expenditure of energy (calories) should be balanced. According to the "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents" compiled by the Chinese Nutrition Society, regular eating is a prerequisite for achieving a reasonable diet. Three meals a day should be arranged reasonably, timed and quantified, and the diet should be moderate. The recommended interval between two meals is 4-6 hours, with breakfast lasting 15-20 minutes and lunch and dinner lasting 20-30 minutes. Breakfast should provide 25% -30% of the total energy for the day, lunch 30% -40%, and dinner 30% -35%. Moderate staple food: 5-8 taels per day, mainly rice and flour, with coarse grains accounting for one-third of the daily staple food. When cooking food, it is advisable to use methods such as steaming, frying, and less frying to reduce the use of oil and the production of carcinogens caused by high temperatures.
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How to Eat Healthiest in Summer
In the hot summer, it's best to eat more foods with sour and bitter flavors, such as bitter gourd, lemon, etc. Sour foods not only have an appetizing effect, but also have a sterilizing effect, which is very beneficial to our health. However, it's best not to consume foods with sour flavors on an empty stomach, otherwise it will cause damage to our stomach. Bitter foods have the effects of strengthening the stomach and relieving heat, and regular consumption is very beneficial to our physical health. Millet Congee is good for stomach nourishing and spleen strengthening, promoting food digestion and absorption, helping people with insufficient gastric motility, or middle-aged and elderly people with impaired gastrointestinal function. Eating bananas regularly can also maintain normal excitability of nerves and muscles, while potassium and sodium ions have a protective and vasodilatory effect on blood vessels, which is more helpful in stabilizing blood pressure levels in the body and preventing blood pressure spikes.